Ken Russell - Page 5

Wes · #41 28th November 2011, 08:42 AM

I think his health wasn't great in the last few years... But what a fascinating body of work to leave behind.

napalm-in-the-morning · #42 28th November 2011, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Gojirosan

Sadly, Ken has died. RIP.

Sad news. Hope the re-issue of The Devils is well presented and something of a fitting tribute.

The Reaper Man@Cult Labs · #43 28th November 2011, 05:52 PM

Yeah a sad day indeed.

Russell's films were outrageous,but ALWAYS entertaining.
As far as British films go,they had a style unlike any other.

Who can honestly say they weren't entertained by;
TOMMY
THE DEVILS
ALTERED STATES
CRIMES OF PASSION
WHORE
WOMEN IN LOVE
LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM
GOTHIC
Even the crazy Lisztomania has it's moments.

A CV to be proud of Mr Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell.
Let's hope that in death (Sad though it is) your films are celebrated and given the treatment they deserve on the digital formats.

WE SALUTE YOU KEN.

The Reaper Man@Cult Labs · #44 28th November 2011, 05:54 PM

Two legends together!

Demoncrat · #45 30th November 2011, 10:31 AM

if you havent seen his barkingly ace Mahler, do so.

did anyone catch the C4 news tribute? reasonable, Winner called him "a nutter, but we need nutters in the film industry..."

id also recommend
The Music Lovers
and his segment of Aria (using Nessun Dorma!!)

platostotal · #46 30th November 2011, 03:27 PM

So long Kenny, bet Oliver met him at the gates with a large one. R.I.P.

Jon T · #47 1st December 2011, 10:30 AM

Some of his early work for the BBC is fantastic too, especially 'Delius - Song of Summer'.

Jon T · #48 1st December 2011, 11:06 AM

It's interesting that he started as a photographer in the 1950s. If you look at his work from that era it is very much in the style of social realism, and he gradually moved from realism to the visionary we know and love as the 1960s progressed. I always think of him a similar to Fellini in that respect, who started during the period of neo-realism. Arguably Russell's very best work comes somewhere in the middle of that transition - late 1960s- early 1970s.

Wes · #49 1st December 2011, 06:24 PM

Jon, the Fellini comparison is a great one, and I think what I saw in Satyricon (my first Fellini) was the same kind of outrageous, free-wheeling excess I loved in Ken Russell's films. Of the extras with the BFI disc, I'm really looking forward the 20mins or so of footage shot on The Devils set.

Jon T · #50 1st December 2011, 07:31 PM

My favourite Fellini is La Dolce Vita, which is, I suppose, mid-period Fellini. And in the same way the I would say the 'best' Ken Russell is still Song of Summer. Although I have a huge soft spot for 'Tommy' and even 'Lisztomania'. Song of Summer, I think, has the qualities of a Renoir or a Vigo.